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'It went completely dark:' Eureka residents describe Iron Fire evacuation
A photo taken by Bree Skinner timed-stamped at 7:44 p.m. Saturday night showed the Iron Fire looming on the hillside, flames visible but the sky still blue above. She said her next shot at 7:48 p.m. showed a completely different picture. "It went completely dark, it was raining ash," Skinner said. "The entire mountain line was a wall of fire and it just came up and over." Eureka residents staying at a Latter-day Saints chapel in Elberta shared Tuesday the harrowing details of the town's evacuation due to the Iron Fire — firsthand accounts of how the erratic winds pushed the ...
